Continuous access to information on key economic indicators is essential to help Sierra Leone respond to the Covid-19 pandemic.
This dashboard provides real time data on current economic conditions and trends from a phone based survey being rolled out in 195 towns and villages across Sierra Leone.2
Important: Data below is fabricated—it is only used for setting up this dashboard!
| District | Date | Market open? | Market days | Is rice available? | Is casava available? | Is Bonga fish available? | Is palm oil available? | Is maggie available? | Price of rice cup | Price of casava tuber | Price of Bonga fish | Price of palm oil pint | Price of Maggie cube |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo | 2020-04-20 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
| Bombali | 2020-04-20 | 1 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.33 |
| Bonthe | 2020-04-20 | 0 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
Average responses for a given day (dot) with 95% confidence intervals (whiskers)
Showing most recent data available for each district.
| Measure | Definition |
|---|---|
| Market open? | Share of respondents reporting that local market is open |
| Market days | Average number of days market was open during past week |
| Is rice available? | Share of respondents reporting that rice is available in markets |
| Is casava available? | Share of respondents reporting that cassava is available in markets |
| Is Bonga fish available? | Share of respondents reporting that Bonga fish is available in markets |
| Is palm oil available? | Share of respondents reporting that palm oil is available in markets |
| Is maggie available? | Share of respondents reporting that maggie is available in markets |
| Price of rice cup | Average price paid for a cup of rice |
| Price of casava tuber | Average price paid for a casava tuber |
| Price of Bonga fish | Average price paid for Bonga fish |
| Price of palm oil pint | Average price paid for palm oil pint |
| Price of Maggie cube | Average price paid for Maggie cube |
| District | Date | Days ate less prefered food | Days asked for food help | Days reduced adult male food | Days reduced adult female food | Days reduced adult boys food | Days reduced adult girls food | Days ate fewer times | Days did not eat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo | 2020-04-20 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
| Bombali | 2020-04-20 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 0.67 |
| Bonthe | 2020-04-20 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.67 |
Average responses for a given day (dot) with 95% confidence intervals (whiskers)
Showing most recent data available for each district.
| Measure | Definition |
|---|---|
| Days ate less prefered food | Days in past week where household ate “less preferred foods” |
| Days asked for food help | Days in past week where household asked for help from relatives or friends for food? |
| Days reduced adult male food | Days in past week where household reduced portions served per meal for adult males? |
| Days reduced adult female food | Days in past week where household reduced portions served per meal for adult females? |
| Days reduced adult boys food | Days in past week where household reduced portions served per meal for boys under age 10 |
| Days reduced adult girls food | Days in past week where household reduced portions/quantities served per meal for girls under age 10 |
| Days ate fewer times | Days in past week where household ate fewer times per day than normal for this time of year |
| Days did not eat | Days in past week where household spent whole day without eating? |
| District | Date | Less hired labour | Less family labour | Fewer inputs | Lower harvest | Expect lower prices | Less likely to sell crops |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo | 2020-04-20 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
| Bombali | 2020-04-20 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 0.33 |
| Bonthe | 2020-04-20 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
Average responses for a given day (dot) with 95% confidence intervals (whiskers)
Showing most recent data available for each district.
| Measure | Definition |
|---|---|
| Less hired labour | Relative to last year, fewer hired farm labour |
| Less family labour | Relative to last year, fewer family farm labour |
| Fewer inputs | Relative to last year, fewer farm inputs used |
| Lower harvest | Relative to last year, lower harvest |
| Expect lower prices | Relative to last year, expect lower prices |
| Less likely to sell crops | Relative to last year, less likely to sell crops |
| District | Date | Business closed | Business expect lower prices | Business less likely to sell crops | Employed | Work closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo | 2020-04-20 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.33 |
| Bombali | 2020-04-20 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 1.00 | 0.67 |
| Bonthe | 2020-04-20 | 0.00 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.67 |
Average responses for a given day (dot) with 95% confidence intervals (whiskers)
Showing most recent data available for each district.
| Measure | Definition |
|---|---|
| Business closed | Share of respondents that say business is closed |
| Business expect lower prices | Relative to last year, expect lower prices |
| Business less likely to sell crops | Relative to last year, less likely to sell |
| Employed | Share of respondents that are employed with a business or an organization |
| Work closed | Share of respondents that report their work is closed |
| District | Date | Times visited clinic past week | Clinic can help |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bo | 2020-04-20 | 0.00 | 0.67 |
| Bombali | 2020-04-20 | 0.67 | 0.00 |
| Bonthe | 2020-04-20 | 0.33 | 0.00 |
Average responses for a given day (dot) with 95% confidence intervals (whiskers)
Showing most recent data available for each district.
| Measure | Definition |
|---|---|
| Visit clinic if suspect COVID-19 | Share of respondents that would visit clinic if showing symptoms of COVID-19 |
| Visit clinic if other illness | Share of respondents that would visit clinic if sick with other illnesses |
| Times visited clinic past week | Average clinic visits in past week |
| Clinic can help | Share of respondents that feel confident that clinic can help |
| District | Date | Government COVID-19 information | Access to veronica bucket | Access to clean water | Frequency of handwashing | Worried about COVID-19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bo | 2020-04-20 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.33 |
| Bombali | 2020-04-20 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
| Bonthe | 2020-04-20 | 0.67 | 0.67 | 0.33 | 1.00 | 0.33 |
Average responses for a given day (dot) with 95% confidence intervals (whiskers)
Showing most recent data available for each district.
| Measure | Definition |
|---|---|
| Government COVID-19 information | Share of respondents who receive information about COVID-19 from the government |
| Know COVID-19 symptoms | Share of respondents that know signs and symptoms of COVID-19 |
| Access to veronica bucket | Share of respondents that have access to a veronica bucket |
| Access to clean water | Share of respondents that have access to clean water to wash your hands |
| Frequency of handwashing | Average nr of times respondents wash hands per day |
| Worried about COVID-19 | Share of respondents that are worried about COVID-19 |
Technical: Summary measures on all data.
| Name | df |
| Number of rows | 27 |
| Number of columns | 44 |
| _______________________ | |
| Column type frequency: | |
| character | 1 |
| Date | 1 |
| numeric | 42 |
| ________________________ | |
| Group variables | None |
Variable type: character
| skim_variable | n_missing | complete_rate | min | max | empty | n_unique | whitespace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Variable type: Date
| skim_variable | n_missing | complete_rate | min | max | median | n_unique |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| date | 0 | 1 | 2020-04-18 | 2020-04-20 | 2020-04-19 | 3 |
Variable type: numeric
| skim_variable | n_missing | complete_rate | mean | sd | p0 | p25 | p50 | p75 | p100 | hist |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| market_open | 0 | 1 | 0.70 | 0.47 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▃▁▁▁▇ |
| market_day | 0 | 1 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▆▁▁▁▇ |
| rice_avail | 0 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▆ |
| cass_avail | 0 | 1 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▆▁▁▁▇ |
| fish_avail | 0 | 1 | 0.37 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▅ |
| oil_avail | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| mag_avail | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| rice_now | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| cass_price_now | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| fish_now | 0 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▆ |
| oil_now | 0 | 1 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▆▁▁▁▇ |
| mag_now | 0 | 1 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▃ |
| less_prefer | 0 | 1 | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▅▁▁▁▇ |
| ask_help | 0 | 1 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▆▁▁▁▇ |
| reduce_male | 0 | 1 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▆▁▁▁▇ |
| reduce_female | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| reduce_boy | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| reduce_girl | 0 | 1 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| eat_less | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▃▁▁▁▇ |
| no_eat | 0 | 1 | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▅▁▁▁▇ |
| farm_hire | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| farm_time | 0 | 1 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| inputs | 0 | 1 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▆ |
| harv | 0 | 1 | 0.33 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▃ |
| price | 0 | 1 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| sell | 0 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▆ |
| status | 0 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▆ |
| bus_price | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| bus_sell | 0 | 1 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▆ |
| employee | 0 | 1 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▆▁▁▁▇ |
| empl_status | 0 | 1 | 0.67 | 0.48 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▃▁▁▁▇ |
| n_people | 0 | 1 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▆▁▁▁▇ |
| leave | 0 | 1 | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▅▁▁▁▇ |
| visit | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| dist_market | 0 | 1 | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▆ |
| aware | 0 | 1 | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▅▁▁▁▇ |
| veronica | 0 | 1 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| water | 0 | 1 | 0.56 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▆▁▁▁▇ |
| wash | 0 | 1 | 0.63 | 0.49 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | ▅▁▁▁▇ |
| worry | 0 | 1 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| n_visits | 0 | 1 | 0.48 | 0.51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▇ |
| chc_confident | 0 | 1 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | ▇▁▁▁▃ |
Notes
Niccolo Meriggi (IGC Sierra Leone), Macartan Humphreys (WZB Berlin and Columbia Univerisity), Abou Bakarr Kamara (IGC Sierra Leone), Madison Levine (Wageningen U), Mushfiq Mobarak (Yale University), Wilson Prichard (U Toronto), Ashwini Shridhar (Wageningen U), Peter van der Windt (NYU AD), Maarten Voors (Wageningen University). Feedback welcome! Please get in touch via email at tracking.corona.sl@gmail.com.↩
Data is representative for 195 semi-rural towns across all Districts of Sierra Leone, with an average of 492 households per town. Rural villages and District headquarter towns are excluded.↩
Social Distancing
Current averages
Time trends
Average responses for a given day (dot) with 95% confidence intervals (whiskers)
Maps
Showing most recent data available for each district.
Definitions of measures